Gdańsk, Poland
1348-1350
Gdańsk, Poland
14th century
Gdańsk, Poland
1633
Gdańsk, Poland
1343
Gdańsk, Poland
1568-1571
Gdańsk, Poland
1442-1444
Gdańsk, Poland
1612–1614
Gdańsk, Poland
1227-1239
Gdańsk, Poland
1980
Gdańsk, Poland
1578-1594
Gdańsk, Poland
Gdańsk, Poland
1966
Visby Cathedral (also known as St. Mary’s Church) is the only survived medieval church in Visby. It was originally built for German merchants and inaugurated in 1225. Around the year 1350 the church was enlarged and converted into a basilica. The two-storey magazine was also added then above the nave as a warehouse for merchants.
Following the Reformation, the church was transformed into a parish church for the town of Visby. All other churches were abandoned. Shortly after the Reformation, in 1572, Gotland was made into its own Diocese, and the church designated its cathedral.
There is not much left of the original interior. The font is made of local red marble in the 13th century. The pulpit was made in Lübeck in 1684. There are 400 graves under the church floor.